"Beautiful Maria...the four lives that touched hers were never the same again!"

1949

1h 59m

6.3(9 votes)

Drama

War

Romance

Overview

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

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45 members

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Walter Pidgeon

Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

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Ethel Barrymore

Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

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Peter Lawford

Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister

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Angela Lansbury

Audrey Quail

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Janet Leigh

Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen

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Louis Calhern

Colonel Piniev

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Francis L. Sullivan

Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron

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Melville Cooper

Private David Moonlight

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Robert Coote

Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock

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Alan Napier

The General

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Roman Toporow

2nd Lt. Maxim Omansky

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Kasia Orzazewski

Sister Kasmira

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Tamara Shayne

Helena Nagard

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Konstantin Shayne

Professor Serge Bruloff

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Janine Perreau

Mickey Mouse

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Victor Wood

Lt. Guedalia-Wood (as David Hydes)

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Margo Von Leu

Lani Hansel

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Geoffrey Alan

Major

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George Bookasta

Devout Pilgrim

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Regina Bookasta

Devout Pilgrim

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Argentina Brunetti

Italian Woman

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Lyle Clark

British Major

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Janna DeLoos

Ballet Mistress

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Antonio Filauri

Devout Italian Pilgrim

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Richard Fraser

Transport Pilot

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Sigmund Halperon

German

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Kenneth Hunter

Brigadier General

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Kenner G. Kemp

Staff Sergeant

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Terry Kilburn

Sloppily-dressed Airman

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Henry Kulky

Russian Officer at Camp 12 Deportation

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Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Omicron

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Ola Lorraine

UNRRA Member

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Mickey McCardle

British Major

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Clive Morgan

Brigadier General

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Henry Mowbray

Colonel

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Emil Rameau

Proprietor

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Phillip Rock

UNRRA Member

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John Royce

Sergeant

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Charles Sadler

Cobbler

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Carol Savage

Private Jemima

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Arthur Stenning

Colonel

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Lotus Thompson

Woman Private

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Tito Vuolo

Italian Billposter

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Eric Wilton

Colonel

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Audrey Young

Countess Cressanti

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